4/9/2023 0 Comments Smart notes mt kilimanjaro![]() ![]() The rainforest is the chief feature of today’s landscape, though you may also encounter waterfalls, depending on the season. Today’s walk, though almost entirely uphill, is a pleasant one, with perhaps the chance to see some blue monkeys or to admire the rainforest vegetation on the ascent. Starting on the south-east side of Kilimanjaro, at an altitude of 1970 metres and finishing the day at 2700 metres, our total walking time today to Mandara Hut – where we will spend the night – is around 4 – 5 hours (excluding breaks), during which we cover just over 8km/5miles. And with Kenna’s father being raised in Ethiopia and growing up in conditions where the water was unclean and knowing many people falling ill as a result, he knows the price of doing nothing.After an early breakfast at your hotel (08.00hrs), we depart one hour later and arrive at the Marangu Gate (1970 meters) around 11.00hrs, ready for registration and the start of the trek.Įxcitement builds as the porters load up equipment and you meet the professional trekking team who will accompany you up the mountain. Like the incredible humanitarian work Bono has done, Kenna possesses that same drive to do right and create a global movement. But Kenna brings a personal touch to the causes he believes in and an ability to excite people and make them interested in a subject that they otherwise might not find themselves attracted to. Often, with different organizations, it becomes easy to find oneself bogged down in depressing statistics or become numb from the sheer size of the problems we as a world face. Part of what Kenna did so ingeniously on that first climb was use social media and his connections to different types of celebrities and academics to make Summit on the Summit “cool” to people. PHOTOS: Hollywood Reporter’s Philanthropy Issue We were happy to contribute our part, however big or small, to influencing Congress to increase appropriations for the Water for Poor Act. and Capitol Hill to show our support for the clean-water cause. After the climb, Kenna, myself and several other fellow climbers visited Washington D.C. ![]() It just needs to be a priority for people to make it happen. The technology is there for state-of-the-art yet affordable filters for villages. What became clear, though, is that as a crisis it isn’t unsolvable. It wasn’t surprising when we then heard stories of sickness, dysentery and cholera that can come from contaminated water. Some were truly disturbing sights - water murky and filled with particles and parasites. Once Kenna sat me down and explained his passion for the subject, and how the water crisis contributes to 3.5 million deaths a year, I found it more than enough of a reason to conquer my vertigo and go for a hike.īefore the climb, we went to several villages around Kilimanjaro and learned just how important clean water is many of the villagers we spoke to showed us the water they removed from their local wells. ![]() The YouTube channel had a million-plus hits Summit was trending on Twitter and due to a smart and aggressive social media campaign, the climb was known by millions of people the world over. Kenna wanted a broad range of people from different walks of life and occupations, with the goal of getting awareness on the single subject of water to a broad and diverse audience all at once. STORY: Emile Hirsch Joins Kilimanjaro ClimbĪ couple years ago my friend, the spirited musician and activist Kenna, invited me to participate in Summit on the Summit - where several different types of people including doctors, educators, as well as musicians and actors, would all climb to the top Mount Kilimanjaro in an effort to raise money and awareness for the international water crisis. But the key is that these illnesses and problems are preventable. I’ve seen overrun sewers in refugee camps in Congo that would make the hairs stand on the back of your neck. But 2.5 billion people around the world live without basic sanitation and every 20 seconds a child dies from a preventable, water-related disease. We shower, flush toilets and water our lawns with the only worries usually centered on the cost of a utility bill. Here in the United States, it’s easy to take water for granted. ![]()
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